1.
Vegetable Diagnostics 101:
Insects and Diseases
Resources for Pest Identification
Norm Leppla, Director
UF/IFAS Statewide IPM Program

2.
University of Florida
Cooperative Extension Service
http://ifas.ufl.edu

3.
Cooperative Extension Service
• Agent consultation
• Pest diagnostics
• Training programs
• Plant clinics
• Master gardeners
• Access to Extension specialists
• Local and UF library (literature searches)
• Pesticide applicator licensing
• Information dissemination (newsletters)

4.
How to Send a Sample to Gainesville and
Receive the Results?
Maybe if I put enough stuff
in this box, put a stamp on
it, and send it to Gainesville
someone will tell me
what’s wrong with my
plant?
I can’t determine your
problem here, but I can
get your sample to the
right laboratory for an
accurate and timely
diagnosis.

5.
Extension Soil
Testing
Plant Disease
Clinic & Nematode
Assay
Insect Identification
Plant
Identification
A. Camerino

6.
• Florida Plant Diagnostic Network (FPDN)
(http://fpdn.ifas.ufl.edu)
• Southern Plant Diagnostic Network (SPDN)
(http://spdn.ifas.ufl.edu)
• International Plant Diagnostic Network
(IPDN) (http://www.intpdn.org)
• National Plant Diagnostic Network (NPDN)
(http://www.npdn.org)

7.
DDIS and Diagnostic Laboratories
http://ddis.ifas.ufl.edu

8.
Submitting DDIS Samples
Amanda Hodges, Ph.D. & Jiannong Xin, Ph.D.
UF/IFAS Extension

9.
http://ipm.ifas.ufl.edu
IPM Florida provides statewide, interdisciplinary
and inter-unit coordination and assistance for UF/IFAS
integrated pest management research, Extension and
education faculty

10.
• Habitat-specific IPM guides, fact sheets.
• EDIS articles, Featured Creatures, etc.
• Links to specialized websites with IPM
management information specific to
a crop or situation.
• Key contacts for expert advice on
managing pests.
• Additional resources for pest
identification and management,
e.g., diagnostic services.
Direct Access to IPM Information

11.
Extension
Guides
http://nfrec.ifas.ufl.edu/vegetable_handbook.shtml
EDIS

12.
http://solutionsforyourlife.ufl.edu
/

13.
Electronic Data Information
Source (EDIS)
The EDIS website is a comprehensive, single-
source repository of all current UF/IFAS peer-
reviewed publications (about 7,500).
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu

14.
• Agriculture
• Community Development
• Environment
• Families & Consumers
• 4H Youth development
• Lawn & Garden
•Aquaculture
•Crops
•Livestock
•Nursery & GH
•Organic farming
•Agricultural safety
•Small farms
•Turf & sod
Electronic Data Information
Source (EDIS)

15.
Subtopics:
• Commercial Vegetable Production- Subtopics
• Vegetable Gardening
• Specific Vegetables A-Z
• Vegetables by Type
• Vegetable Industry
EDIS Agriculture Crops
• Cultural Practices for Vegetables
• Economics of Vegetables
• Vegetable Irrigation
• Nutrition and Fertilizers for Vegetables
• Vegetable Pest Management
• Vegetable Post-harvest and Processing
• Vegetable Production Handbook
• Florida Greenhouse Vegetable
Production Handbook
• Vegetable Production -- Miami Dade
Vegetable Production (en)

16.
Vegetable Pest Management
Subtopics:
• Greenhouse Pest
Management
• Vegetable Diseases
• Vegetable Garden Pest
Management
• Vegetable Pest Insects
• Vegetable Pest
Nematodes
• Vegetable Pest
Management by crop
• Vegetable Pesticides
• Vegetable Weeds
Vegetable Diseases- Subtopics
• Vegetable Diseases by crop
• Alternaria
• Anthracnose
• Plant Disease Management
Guide- Vegetable Crops
• Rhizoctonia and Brown Patch
• Tospovirus
• Vegetable
Publications

17.
Featured Creatures provides in-depth profiles of insects,
nematodes, arachnids and other organisms. The site is a
cooperative venture of the University of Florida's Department
of Entomology and Nematology and the Florida Department
of Agriculture and Consumer Services' Division of Plant
Industry. All articles are official publications of the University
of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/

18.
http://ipm.ifas.ufl.edu